DARPA Plans to Arm Drones With Missile-Blasting Lasers
The Pentagon this week edged closer to mounting missile-destroying lasers on unmanned and manned aircraft, awarding $26 million to defense contractors to develop the technology. ...
Hypersonic Successor to Legendary SR-71 Blackbird Spy Plane Unveiled
Lockheed Martin’s famed Skunk Works has finally unveiled the long-awaited successor to the SR-71 Blackbird. Aviation Week and Space Technology’s Guy Norris pulled the covers...
Report: NSA Is Intercepting Traffic From Yahoo, Google Data Centers
Not satisfied with the bulk data it collects through court orders from internet giants Google and Yahoo, the National Security Agency reportedly vacuumed up traffic...
Iran’s Cyberwarfare Chief Gunned Down
Two bullets to the heart have terminated the life of Iran’s chief of cyberwarfare, according to the Daily Telegraph. Mojtaba Ahmadi, commander of Iran’s Cyber...
Video: Pentagon-funded Atlas robot refuses to be knocked over
Meet Atlas, a humanoid robot capable of crossing rough terrain and maintaining its balance on one leg even when hit from the side. (more…)
Feds are Suspects in New Malware That Attacks Tor Anonymity
Security researchers tonight are poring over a piece of malware that takes advantage of a Firefox security vulnerability to identify some users of the privacy-protecting Tor...
Navy completes 1st unmanned carrier landing
The Navy successfully landed a drone the size of a fighter jet aboard an aircraft carrier for the first time Wednesday, showcasing the military's capability...
Special Forces, Marines Embrace Palantir Software
Military Special forces and Marines are embracing the commercial software Palantir for analyzing battlefield intelligence even as the Army seeks to downplay its effectiveness, according...
FBI Admits to surveillance of U.S. with Drones
FBI Director Robert Mueller said today the bureau was surveilling the United States with drones. (more…)
A Hack-Proof Internet Exists, Thanks to Quantum Physics
Leave it to the quantum physicists at Los Alamos National Labs to have run for the past two years something that sounded like science fiction:...